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What I’ve Been Doing And What I’ve Been Reading
Well I haven't really posted in a while but I have good reasons, sort of. March went by...
Date: 05/12/2012
Windows 7, Solid State Drives and Why A WinSAT Score Matters
I was doing a WDRAP and I ran across an interesting case that required me to do some digging that I...
Date: 02/19/2012
Slow Windows 7 Boot? One ReadyBoot Fix (that you'll want to apply probably anyways)
In my last post I described a little bit about ReadyBoot and when looking at a xbootmgr trace what...
Date: 12/07/2011
Xbootmgr Part 2: ReadyBoot Basics
The more I work with the xperf/xbootmgr the better I get with it. I still feel like I have a lot to...
Date: 11/28/2011
RSS Feed Product Index
Hello from Austin/Dillion! Here is a quick post. A question I get semi frequently is "how do I stay...
Date: 11/22/2011
Hotfix for RID Pool Depletion! KB 261869
A few months back I thought I was going to write a blog post about how to look for RID Pool...
Date: 11/14/2011
"What's Your Stratum Baby?" aka The Worst Pickup Line Ever
Hello from Chattanooga, Where my luggage got here a full day later then me. I'm here to deliver an...
Date: 10/05/2011
Dipping My Toe Into The Xbootmgr Water
Greetings from the mothership aka rainy Seattle, I spent this past week in Windows Desktop Risk...
Date: 08/19/2011
You Are Not Smarter Than The KCC
I had this discussion with a fellow PFE David Gregory , who use to be out of Chicago but now has...
Date: 08/05/2011
Can I Virtualize That and Still Get Support?
Bet you thought there would be no post for July didn't you. Well I threw this one together right...
Date: 07/27/2011
Moving The PDC Role And Testing NTP Server Connectivity
Hello from Chicago, I am actually at home here in Chicago here for a hot minute while I'm on critsit...
Date: 05/22/2011
Knock Knock Is That Port Open?
Hello from Toronto, Here is a quick post. What are the ports that are needed by AD? How can you...
Date: 04/18/2011
Migrating Printers On The End User Machine via VBScript
Greetings from Anchorage! In a former life I use to be a systems engineer just like you. One of my...
Date: 03/17/2011
Group Policy Management Scripts....The Ones You Meant To Write But Don't Have Time
Greetings from Charlotte, Last day of the month so you know what that means...I should probably...
Date: 02/28/2011
Capturing Network Logon Without Spanning A Port (Part 2 of 2)
When I first started this blog I thought I'd be blogging all the time. Then life got in the way....
Date: 01/23/2011
Capturing Network Logon Without Spanning A Port (Part 1 of 2)
Hey Everyone, Sorry for the delay in posts. I was traveling a bit and not prepared to write a post...
Date: 12/26/2010
Connecting Server 2008 R2 Wirelessly And The Service You Never Knew You Needed
Hey Everyone, I figured it's probably a pretty good idea to be able to boot into a few test VMs off...
Date: 12/07/2010
I Liked The Old OS Better This Is Too Many Clicks
Hey Everyone, Has anyone worked with anyone that always liked the last version of whatever product...
Date: 12/04/2010
Wait Is This Thing On?
Hey Everyone, I'm a Premier Field Engineer or PFE here at Microsoft focusing on Platforms(Active...
Date: 12/02/2010